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Title:
SELF-SUPPORTING AUTOMATIC VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2004/020270
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A self-supporting automatic vehicle capable of performing a self-supporting traveling while controlling the attitude of a body according to the request of a driver who is statically positioned on the body, wherein when the automatic vehicle such as a motorcycle (1) turns left or right as shown in Fig. 7, a body inclination sensor successively detects a body inclination amount necessary for coping with the acceleration thereof at that time, a torque according to the detected results is generated by an actuator to tilt the body (2) a specified amount by a gyro moment generated in a body attitude control means (6) so as to always align the inclination direction of the body (2) with the direction of a resultant force acting on the gravity center of the body, and a balance is maintained between a moment based on a centrifugal force, a moment based on a gravity, and the gyro moment from the body attitude control means (6) at that time, whereby the driver may be statically positioned on the body (2) without moving a weight.

Inventors:
SUZUKI HIDEO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2003/010397
Publication Date:
March 11, 2004
Filing Date:
August 18, 2003
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Assignee:
FURUKI SHINOBU (JP)
SUZUKI HIDEO (JP)
International Classes:
B62H1/12; B62J99/00; B62K11/00; (IPC1-7): B62J39/00
Foreign References:
JP2002068063A2002-03-08
JPH07215258A1995-08-15
Other References:
None
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fujii, Yukio (Kichijyojihoncho Musashinoshi, Tokyo, JP)
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